Etymology

viricide

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Today it means: Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses. Full definition →

English virus ← Middle English virus ← Latin vīrus
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viricide · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weys-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wisós
  3. Proto-Italic*weizos
  4. Latinvīrus
  5. Middle Englishvirus
  6. Englishvirus
  7. English todayviricide

From virus + -icide.

viricide · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  3. Proto-Italic*wiros
  4. Latinvir
  5. English todayviricide

From Latin vir + English -icide.

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